Enter Address or Zip Code: We Ship Anywhere in the U.S and Canada.Furniture - Best of 2016 Published Aug 22, 2016 From living room to bedroom to kitchen nook, who has the best home furnishings? 1. Antiques & Uniques, LLC Nominee for: Antiques, Furniture 2. Craft & Antique Co-Op 3. The Nest Chardon 5. Best Furniture Mentor 7. The Salvage Yard Resale Shoppe 10. Great Finds in Lakewood 11. Earla's Furniture & Design Center 15. Sheration Furniture Showroom 17. Northeast Factory Direct 17. Pummel Home Furnishings The May Company Ohio was a chain of department stores that was based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. In 1899, David May, the founder of May Department Stores, acquired E. R. Hull & Dutton Co. of Cleveland on Ontario Street, renaming it May Company, Cleveland.[2] In 1914 May added an additional landmark building on Euclid Avenue, fronting on the southeast corner of Public Square.[3] The high-rise building stands 149 feet and contains 8 floors of space, though floors 7 and 8 were not added until 1931.
In 1939 May Co. acquired majority control of another Cleveland store, William Taylor Son & Co., which maintained a separate identity until 1961.[5] Expansion to the suburbs began in the 1950s, with Sheffield Shopping Center, Lorain in 1953 (originally opened as an O'Neil's store which was a May Company subsidiary and then changed over to a May Company location in 1967) and Cedar-Center Plaza at Cedar and Warrensville Roads in University Heights in late 1956 (known locally as "May's on the Heights"). In 1960 a branch was opened at Parmatown Mall in Parma, and another in 1961 at Southgate Shopping Center in Maple Heights (the Southgate store having been originally opened in 1958 by William Taylor & Son Co.). Several mall stores followed in the 1960s and 1970s, including Great Lakes Mall (1964) Great Northern Mall (Ohio) in North Olmsted (1965), Randall Park Mall in North Randall (1976), Euclid Square Mall in Euclid (1977) and Sandusky Mall in Sandusky (1979). The company also constructed a nine-story warehouse (six stories tall, with three sub basements) attached to the south side of the Cedar Center Store, designed to handle furniture distribution for Cleveland's eastside.
The red brick facility, designed to look like an integrated part of the colossal four story store was used for a short time, but remained empty from 1960 until the University Heights store was demolished and re-built in 2002 by this time it was re-branded as Kaufmann's. The May Company specialized in mid to higher end fashion merchandise and home furnishings, but target price points placed May Company merchandise at, or below its two major competitors in the Cleveland market Higbee's and Halle's. May Company was the first local department store to issue its own personal charge card in 1965 and break away from being part of the Department Stores Charge Plate (a metal card that was notched for each store and used at all participating members which included William Taylor Son & Co., Bailey's, Sterling-Lindner-Davis, The Higbee Company and The Halle Bros. Co.) Higbee's and Halle's continued to remain part of this system until they each issued their own individual plastic charge cards respectively in 1969.
In addition to its merchandise, the company was known for its sponsorship of the Eagle Stamp program.[3] Consumers could earn Eagle Stamps on purchases at The May Company as well as on purchases at Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets, Leader Drug Stores, and participating gas stations and dry cleaners.[6] Completed stamp booklets could be redeemed at May Company for $3 credits toward merchandise purchases at May Company stores. The trading stamp program was administered by the May Company owned Eagle Stamp Company of St. Louis from 1903 to 1987. May's Cleveland headquarters building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In 1989 May Company, Cleveland and O'Neil's, based in Akron were merged to form May Company Ohio,[9] as the May Department Stores began consolidating its regional department store divisions. On January 31, 1993 May Company, Ohio was merged into Kaufmann's of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[2] and its Downtown Cleveland store was closed. Many of its former locations became Macy's in 2006.
As of late 2013, the May Co building is set to potentially house over 350 apartments. ^ a b c ^ a b "Kaufmann's, A Division Of The May Department Stores Co.", The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. ^ Eagle Stamps, Exploring St. Louis - Eagle Stamps. ^ "What's New In Trading Stamps". New York Times, August 16, 1987. ^ "Farrell Credited for May's Image as Well-Managed". Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1986. on February 15, 2016 at 1:39 PM, updated AVON, Ohio - Levin Furniture has opened a huge new store in Avon. At 76,000 square feet, the store at 1801 Nagel road is more than double the size of the Avon Commons store that is closing. The location, right at the Nagel Road exit of the freeway, makes the store easily accessible from all the surrounding communities. President and CEO of Levin Furniture, Robert Levin, was on hand recently to discuss the reason for the new store as well as the opening celebrations. "This new store is our flagship on the west side of Cleveland," said Levin.
"It will allow us to feature many more pieces in each collection." The 2-story building is very impressive right from the front door. Aisles are roomy and furniture vignettes are well designed with all furniture and accessories easily viewable. Large windows let in lots of light. Levin sat for an interview along with his wife of five years, Kerry Bron, who is a pediatric radiologist. She said she is not very involved in the business, but likes to join her husband for events such as grand openings. The couple lives in Pittsburgh, less than an hour's drive from Mount Pleasant, where Levin's grandfather opened the first family store in 1920, after the end of World War I. In 1992, Levin Furniture expanded into Ohio and opened their first store in Bedford. Today there are seven furniture stores and eight mattress stores in Northeast Ohio. When Levin was asked what makes their brand special, Bron spoke up enthusiastically that the stores "provide good quality at low prices."